Cooking stove



Jan. 7, 1930. w. L. COOPER COOKING STOVE Filed Nov. 12, 1928 PatentedJan. 7, 1930 4 UNITED STATES it 1,742,199i,

PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM L. COOPER, OF KANKAKEE,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SEARS, ROEEBUCK AND 00., OF CHICAGO; ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK COOKING strove Application filed. November 12,1928. Serial No. 318,651.

an open top.

An object of, the invention is to provide a new and improved burnerskirt for oil cook stoves which is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, enhances the appearance of the stove, and facilitatescleaning of the stove and the maintenance thereof in clean. condition.

A more specific object of the invention resides in the provision, in astove of this character, of a new and improved one piece burner skirtwhich serves as a complete permanent closure for the lower front portionof the burner space below the burners.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the followingdescription and in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the front of a cooking stoveembodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken substantiallyon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary .view in perspective showing certaindetails of construction of the burner skirt.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications andalternative constructions, I have shown in the drawings and will hereindescribe in detail the preferred embodiment, but it is to be understoodthat I "do not thereby intend to limit the invention to the specificform disclosed but intend to cover all modifications andalternativeconstructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In illustrating the preferred embodiment of this invention, acommercially well-known type of fuel oil cooking stove has been shown.

a the bottom: of the stove- Generally such a stove comprisesa cookingtop 5 in which the usual burner openings (not shown) are provided. Aback 6 is secured upon the rear side of the top and downwardly extendingside. walls 7 and baclt 7 secured top provide a burner space in the formof an open front compartment immediately beneath the stove top- Legs 8from each corner of the burner case support the stove from the floor. A

shelf or tray 8 may also be provided by securing a properly formed flatmember to the legs 8, a short distance above the floor line.

. The burner system, in this embodiment, is of the type generally knownas a constant level fuel oil system, in which a plurality of burners 9are individually movable vertically by suitable operating mechanism 10(Fig. 2) to admit or prevent the flow of fuel oil from a supply tank 11.The form of operating mechanism disclosed herein is shown and more fullydescribed in the copending application ofLeon-D. Fortier and myselfcovering improvements in liquid fuel stoves, Serial No. 210,513,.filedAugust 4, 1927.

Manual actuation of the burners is by means of anioperating handle 12for each burner. The burners 9 are suitably mounted within the burnerspace formed by the walls 7 and Wand are disposed in underlying relationto the cooking openings in the top 5. Preferably areinforcing member 13(Fig. 2) which is herein shown in the form of achannel bar extendingacross the front of the burner case and rigidly secured to the sidewalls 7, lends rigidity to the stove assembly and is arranged to supportthe burner skirt as will behereinafter set forth.

It has been generally customaryin prior constructions to provide abottom wall in the form of a tray for the burner space located a short 1distance beneath the operating mechanism for raising. and lowering theburners. Moreover, former constructions of the burner skirt provided aflat plate extending across the open front of the burner space in frontof the operating mechanism with the lower edge thereof spaced a shortdistance gress to the interior of the lower portion of burner space.

The present invention remedies this unsanitary condition by eliminatingthe bottom wall or tray, and, in its stead, providing a complete closurefor the lower portion of the burner space in the nature of a combinedvertical and forwardly extending horizontal partition.

In its preferred embodiment, the burner skirt 1 1 comprises an elongatedplate of sufficient length to extend transversely across the open frontface of the burner space and to fit snugly between the side walls 7. The

skirt is preferably formed of sheet metal and has an upper portion 15 ofample width to conceal the operating mechanism 10 for the burners. Thetop edge of the upper portion 15 may be turned rearwardly to form astrengthening flange 16 and each side edge may also be turned rearwardlyto form securing flanges 17 (Fig. 3) by which the skirt is secured tothe side walls 7. An aperture 19 for each of the operating members 12permits the members to extend through and forward- 1y of the burnerskirt. If desired, a portion of the face of the upper portion may beoffset as at 20 to form a decorative panel.

The burner skirt also includes a lower portion 21, in the form of whatmay be termed a narrow shelf or sill, positioned to underlie theoperating members 12 across the front of the stove. The shelf isconstructed by turning or bending an integral part of the burner skirtforwardly from the upper portion. The position of the lower portion 21is substantially in the plane of the upper side of the reinforcingmember 13 and near the forward edge thereof is bent downwardly, as at22, and then rearwardly, as at 23, to form an inwardly facing channeladapted to fit about and embrace the reinforcing member 13. Side flanges24 may also be formed on the lower portion in the same mannerand for thesame purpose as the flanges 17. Preferably the bend between the upperand lower portions of the burner skirt is on a suitably large radius toform a pleasing, smoothly rounded corner which may be easily cleaned.

In the assembled relation of the burner skirt in the stove it will beseen that the upper portion of the burner skirt is spaced inwardly ofthe burner space a substantial distanee from the open front face of thecase, and that the channel formed on the front side of the lowerportionfits about and conceals thev reinforcing member 13. The front pair oflegs 8 are secured in position on the corners of the case overlying andconcealing the junction of the lower portion with the side walls 7thereby enhancing the attractive appearance ofthe stove.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that a burner skirthas been provided which facilitates the cleaning of the-stove.

Obviously, any dirt, which might be created in the operation of thestove, will fall and be caught and held upon the tray 8 which, ofcourse, may be easily kept clean. Furthermore since the burner skirt maybe finished in any suitable manner an d since the skirt entirely coversthe lower portion of the burner case and conceals the burner operatingmechanism therein, an attractive and pleasing effect is produced.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cooking stove comprising, in combination, a burner compartmenthaving a cooking top and end and back walls, a member extendingtransversely across the front of said compartment below the cooking top,burners disposed within said compartment beneath said cooking top, and aburner skirt extending transversely across the lower portion of the openfront of said compartment, the lower side of said skirt beingconstructed to embrace the front edge of said member.

2. A cooking stove having, in combination with a burner compartmenthaving an open front, a burner skirt extending transversely across theopen front of said compartment, said skirt comprising an upper portionmounted within said compartment in spaced relation to the front thereof,and a lower portion extending from said upper portion forwardly of thecompartment to the front face thereof to designate the bottom of saidcompartment, the front edge of said lower portion being bent to form achannel.

3. An oil cook stove having, in combination with stove burners andoperating means therefor including handles for manual operation of theburners extending toward the front of the stove, a burner skirt disposedvertically to extend transversely across the stove intermediate theoperating mechanism and the front of the stove, said skirt beingapertured to permit said handles to extend therethrough, and a shelfmember rigid with said burner skirt and extending forwardly therefrom tothe front of the stove in underlying relation to said operating handles.

4. A burner skirt for a cooking stove of the character describedcomprising, in combination, a member adapted to fit across the front ofthe stove having an upper portion arranged for vertical disposition insaid stove, a lower portion extending substantially at right angles tosaid upper portion, and a flange formed on the free edge of said lowerportion to extend substantially parallel to said upper portion in theopposite direction from said lower portion.

5. In combination with a cooking stove of the character described, aburner skirt comprising a member formed of sheet metal having an upperportion adapted to fit across and within the front of the stove, a lowerportion turned forwardly of said upper portion to form a shelf in frontof said upper por tion, securing flanges .at each end of said upper andlower portions, and a channel formed to receive a stove part bybendingthe front edge of the lower portion downwardly and then rearwardly.

6. A cook stovehaving, in combination with stove burners and operatingmechanism therefor having handles extending towards the front of thestove for manually operating said burners, a burner skirt disposedvertically to extend transversely across the stove forwardly of theoperating mechanism, said skirt being apertured to permit said handlesto extend therethrough, and a shelf member extending forwardly from saidburner skirt in underlying relation to said operating handles. r

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

WILLIAM L. COOPER.

